Education begins the gentleman, but reading, good company, and reflection must finish him.

What worries you, masters you.

Our incomes are like our shoes; if too small, they gall and pinch us; but if too large, they cause us to stumble and to trip.

The most precious of all possessions is power over ourselves.

Reading furnishes the mind only with materials of knowledge; it is thinking that makes what we read ours.

Wherever Law ends, Tyranny begins.

There is frequently more to be learned from the unexpected questions of a child than the discourses of men.

The end of law is not to abolish or restrain, but to preserve and enlarge freedom. For in all the states of created beings capable of law, where there is no law, there is no freedom.

I have always thought the actions of men the best interpreters of their thoughts.

Revolt is the right of the people

I have no reason to suppose that he, who would take away my Liberty, would not when he had me in his Power, take away everything else.

God is never in a hurry, but he is always on time.

Money makes the world go round, but love makes the universe go in every direction.

I don't think the money people in Hollywood have ever thought I was normal, but I am dedicated to my work and that's what counts.

Writing is a form of personal freedom. It frees us from the mass identity we see in the making all around us.

If time is not real, then the dividing line between this world and eternity, between suffering and bliss, between good and evil, is also an illusion.

Even with the best intentions, growing apart might just be an inevitable part of growing up.

More harm is done by fools through foolishness than is done by evil-doers through wickedness.

It's sad to see that something you have done or the decisions that you have made affect your children in a negative way.

When I was young they used to say people only threw stones at the tree that was loaded with fruit.

We are taking way more out of the ocean than the ocean can replenish.